From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261326AbTD2WM1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:12:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261727AbTD2WM1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:12:27 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:48782 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261326AbTD2WMZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:12:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:24:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Pawan Deepika cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 'tainting kernel' problem in linux-2.4.18 In-Reply-To: <20030429215318.27252.qmail@web41608.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20030429215318.27252.qmail@web41608.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Pawan Deepika wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying LKM with linux-2.4.18. I have a problem > here. When I load the module using 'insmod' command, > module gets loaded but I get following error > > ------------------------------------------------------ > /sbin/insmod ./hello.o > Warning: loading ./hello.o will taint the kernel: no > license > See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for > information about tainted modules > Module hello loaded, with warnings > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Can anyone tell me why I am getting this problem and > what is the impact of this error while module is > running in kernel. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Deepika > The module police now require you to put something like: MODULE_LICENSE("Spellman Empire") (or something like that) in your module. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.